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Applied to apprenticeships outside usual window. Sent in CV and cover letter, then was invited to a 1 hr killer questions competency style interview with 3 senior software engineers and data science panelists. Mix of technical understanding and previous experience/ soft skills. Interviewers were really lovely!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why QinetiQ? Why a degree apprenticeship? Difference between AI, ML and LLMs? What is git?
Thank you for leaving this review and I'm really pleased to hear that the interview panel made you feel welcome - I will share this feedback. Welcome to QinetiQ!
We did a group problem solving activity, which went well enough and then individual interviews where one of the interviewers was hostile for some reason. He asked me a question, then made assumptions about my answer out loud and didn't let me speak again before moving on.
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Question 1
"Why do you want to do an apprenticeship instead of going to 6th form?" I said because I wanted to do more hands on stuff and less theory. Interviewer assumed I was just looking for a way out of exams.
Thank you for taking time out to meet with us and to leave this review and I'm sorry to hear that your experience wasn't positive. I will share this with the Early Careers team.
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East England, England
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at QinetiQ (Farnborough, Hampshire, South East England, England) in Feb 2023
Interview
The interview was between myself and 2 of my potential managers. It was a good experience as there werent any nonsense questions and was just us all getting to know eachother and having a casual conversation about my skills, experience and interests
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name an instance where you worked as part of a team